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Putting Up a Street Sign

Something you don’t see everyday… For quite a while, our street intersection didn’t have a street sign after a motorcycle accident took it out. Yesterday, a road crew came by and in about 10 minutes had a new sign up.


Marketing Shaq vs Kobe, Round 1

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With the frosty breakup of former Lakers teammates, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, many story lines about the two keep popping up. Sure, sure, there was the anticipated Heat vs Lakers game on Christmas Day that the Heat won, but how about other perspectives?

In NBA jersey sales, the Miami Heat jerseys were the best sellers of 2005. With a team of Dwyane Wade, Shaq, Jason Williams, Antoine Walker, Zo, and GP, the Heat jerseys supplanted the Lakers jerseys as best selling. The Lakers jerseys were the top sellers for the past three years (when did Shaq leave LA again?).

So Round 1 goes to the big man, Shaq.

iSpam!

Don’t know how legit this local story is, but Tannya Joaquin from KHON reported it so maybe there’s some truth to it.

A Mililani mom bought her son a video iPod from the Ala Moana Wal-Mart for Christmas, but when he opened the box, he found a piece of mystery meat (spam?) wrapped up instead of the iPod.


Maybe, she just got the latest, not-yet-released organic iPod that uses cells to hold data?

Update: Seems like there’s been at least one more of these iSpams reported. An update of the story is now available. Thanks, Tabasco Man.

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Time Magazine Best of 2005

Following its Person of the Year award, Time magazine published its lists of the Best of 2005. In the Television category, Battlestar Galactica got top billing. The latest works of Kanye West, Late Registration, is considered the best in the Music category.

Don’t forget to check out the 20-minute BSG exclusive available free on iTunes, and I still like Kanye’s Diamonds from Sierra Leone.

Unfortunately, pulpconnection didn’t make the cut for the Coolest 50 Websites of 2005.

Supporting the Kailua Economy II

You would have thought that with all the family Christmas parties, there would be lots of leftovers. No such luck this year. No leftovers but one tired, over-stimulated baby. So we had to go support the Kailua economy by buying lunch.

Tried out a new pizza place in Kailua, Mama’s Island Pizza, and also bought Ice Blended Mochas from the neighboring Coffee, Bean, and Tea. The Kailua Supreme pizza is pretty good. Not your usual Pizza Hut taste. Kinda pricey, but we’d go back again.

Large Pizza from Mama’s Island Pizza $20
Two Ice Blended Mochas from Coffee Bean $8
One baby sleeping in the car Priceless

Pictures of the pie.

More Fun on the IT Job

Now that Christmas is officially over for 2005, it’s time to get back to serious work, or is it? Computerworld has an article about getting better IT services and improving the IT workforce by having more fun on the job.

You can predict a successful business if you can hear heartfelt laughter 10 to 12 times a day.

Some of the suggested ways to lighten up:

  • Laugh at Yourself
  • Hire for Humor
  • Smile – Often
  • Encourage “Serious Play”
  • Look for Opportunities
  • Encourage Self-expression. No, wearing 37 pieces of flair doesn’t count.
  • Reward Fun-makers
  • Chill out
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